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OAP Freeze just shared this on his IG page and he's asking why Mr.
Ayodele Daniel Dada, the first Nigerian to finish university with a perfect
CGPA of 5.0, is not getting the same rise to fame as former bread seller turned
model, Olajumoke Orisaguna.
Read and tell us if you agree with Freeze.
Read and tell us if you agree with Freeze.
'POVERTY MENTALITY'
When are Nigerians going to celebrate real achievements?
On the left is Mr.
Ayodele Daniel Dada the first Nigerian to finish university with a perfect CGPA
of 5.0 and on the left is Mrs. Olajumoke Orisaguna a 'former' bread
seller.
Before Ayodele, no
one had 'EVER' finished with a perfect CGPA in UNILAG!!! Since it was
established in 1962, he made history by becoming the first to achieve such a
commendable feat!
Now, so many
questions come to mind. How come my dear friend Kunbi of 'April with Kunbi' hasn't styled him or recommended him for styling? How come
CNN hasn't done a story on him? How come his life isn't documented on blogs
daily? How come he isn't a brand ambassador for any product?
The questions are
ceaseless.
Ciara put up a post
of an equally beautiful traffic hawker selling some type of fruit yesterday and
she was described, in Ciara's own words as 'beautiful and talented'. If these
two 'hawker beauties' were discovered less than 2 months apart, it means that
beautiful girls that hawk commodities aren't in short supply in Lagos.
While people who finish
with with a 5.0 CGPA are almost non existent! It took 54 years to produce the
first one!
While Olajumoke and
this other lady are rough stones that could be polished to achieve a lustrous
shine, Ayodele is a true jewel, a rare yellow diamond in its truest and purest
form.
Let's not let our
'poverty mentality', that makes things of lesser importance seem valuable,
cloud our judgement. I have no objection to polishing stones to bring out their
shine, but please let's not do it at the expense of gems of inestimable
value!
The outcome of our
future depends largely on 'what' or 'whom' we invest in. If Japan, Switzerland
or America invested their time and money in pretty bread sellers, we won't have
the brains behind their automotive, aeronautic, horological or financial
achievements today.
I'm not saying we
shouldn't celebrate Olajumoke o! Before people call me a hater but like hell we
must celebrate Ayodele first! Just my thought on a Saturday evening~FRZ
Well said Daddy Freeze,It amazes me when a school competition is organized with a 1st prize winner going home with #100000 and a tablet while a beauty pageant winner goes home with #5000000, and car. I just wonder why educational achievement isn't celebrated.
ReplyDeleteJust like the case of uneducated but talented musicians making millions, having endorsement but a Phd holder dies a pauper. its the irony of life!
DeleteThanks bae for dropping by!
Spot on! We venerate, reward and celebrate mediocrity and still turn around to wonder why we are so backward as a people!
ReplyDeleteI still maintain that Olajumoke's story is a classic example of the nauseating stupidity of Nigerian companies. We ignore real talent or at best, throw a pittance in their direction and then invest millions in tomfoolery! Can someone please tell me what exactly about Olajumoke qualifies her for the millions lavished on her by these irresponsible companies? How does her story add real value to our national commonwealth?
Last week I had a young man in my office who designed a device that can trap one streak of lightning and convert it to useful electricity that can be stored to power a house for weeks. He has written to ALL the banks in Nigeria and has not even gotten as much as a response, yet even the banks complain of the high cost of operations as a result of unstable power. Yet these same banks are falling over themselves to throw millions at a breadseller, and her achievement? She's beautiful! Just imagine the joke!
But then I understand...I can bet now that most Nigerians are holed up somewhere crying to th God of Olajumoke to also remember them and change their story!
Oh! The sad tale of a clueless people!
Ilnspire ,You just cracked me up with "I can bet now that most Nigerians are holed up somewhere crying to th God of Olajumoke to also remember them and change their story" cus i recently did that oh when i discovered that i got laid off my job.
DeleteYes, its a sad development coming from these said reputable organizations that are supposed to be enlightening enough to know where to spend their resources on. I have loads of friends who have great ideas packaged in a proposal, sent to some of these organizations only for them to be rejected but yet again, you find these same organization endorsing artistes who prolly offer Nigerians same ol' gbedu-kinda song, sexualizing women with no good lyrical content.
Jumoke is a case of "when God decides to turn your life around even your enemies will marvel" but then i feel like people are just latching on to the sensation in order to get their brands out.